The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Twin Cities Area
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown